Rural-urban differences in physical activity levels during the transition from primary education to high school

e202005026

Authors

  • David Franco Arévalo Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión musical, plástica y corporal. Facultad de Educación. Universidad de Extremadura. Badajoz. España.
  • Sebastián Feu Departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión musical, plástica y corporal. Facultad de Educación. Universidad de Extremadura. Badajoz. España.
  • Ernesto de la Cruz Sánchez Departamento de Actividad Física y Deporte. Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte. Universidad de Murcia. Murcia. España.

Keywords:

Physical activity, Schoolchildren, Rural population, Urban population

Abstract

Background: Sedentarism rates are increasing at school age, and it is necessary to know how it affects both rural and urban contexts. The present study aimed to identify whether the place of residence, rural or urban, influenced the level of physical activity that schoolchildren had in Primary Education and in Secondary Education.
Methods: A longitudinal study was carried out using the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C) for data collection. The sample consisted of 542 students (272 boys and 270 girls), aged between 11 and 13 years, who were interviewed at two different times: during the sixth year of primary education, and later in the first year of secondary education. A descriptive analysis of the items and final score of the PAQ-C in the rural and urban environment were carried out in both educational periods and an ANCOVA analysis of the final score; The association between the level of physical activity and the variables used was studied through corrected typified residuals and Cramer’s V. The effect size was calculated.
Results: The results obtained confirmed that there are significant differences in the course variable (f=63,757; p<0.001; η2=0.056) but not in the type of locality (p>0.05), nor in the locality x course interaction. (p>0.05) when the sex variable was controlled (f=27,325; p<0.001; η2 =0.025).
Conclusions: The transition to Secondary Education implies the increase of a sedentary lifestyle, both in rural and urban areas.

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Published

2020-05-29

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Franco Arévalo D, Feu S, de la Cruz Sánchez E. Rural-urban differences in physical activity levels during the transition from primary education to high school: e202005026. Rev Esp Salud Pública [Internet]. 2020 May 29 [cited 2024 Nov. 16];94:12 páginas. Available from: https://ojs.sanidad.gob.es/index.php/resp/article/view/834